Jenny Ní Ruiséil
Nurturing your nature with Yoga, Mantra & Meditation
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"All things exist in relation to the foundation they sit upon" - Joshua Schrei
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The Ground of Being is the backdrop to cultivating steadiness and clarity in the way that we navigate life. It's a place of inherent ease, that exists beyond the mind's fondness and tendency for extreme; a place where this Ease is the modus operandi - the gauge by which we measure and decide how we wish to move forwards in the world, safe in the knowing that access to the Ground of our own Being is within reach at all times.
Touching on this part of ourselves might be something we have accessed momentarily through meditation, through yoga, movement, breath, or other spiritual practices, and yet Life continues to cast us into the waves of uncertainty
and extremes perpetuated by modern life's ceaseless striving and busyness.
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Yoga's promise is not that we will never feel or experience imbalance. Life is pretty great at ensuring that will be a constant.
The goal with any practice, so, and the main thing yoga helps us to master, is to become skilful at allowing the waves of inner/outer turbulence to arise and pass through, whilst maintaining a firm grasp on the steady ground of our being that resides unchanging beneath.
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As teachers, practitioners and spaceholders, one of the most important things we can do is to maintain our own practice of inner personal reflection & excavation. If this is done continuously as the basis of our spiritual practice, we will continue to be able to hold others as they traverse through their own inner worlds in the classes and spaces we hold. This will be a key area of focus for this embodied, experiential training - your own personal sadhana, and developing a relationship with the steady ground of your own being, through the lens of traditional tantra, yoga & meditation.
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The foundational philosophy of Srī Vidya Tantra is one that holds that everything is Srī; everything in the known universe is an expression of Her, of Shakti, of the beauty, resplendence and pure light of awareness. 'The waves of bliss that set the world in motion', as Lorin Roche puts it (referring to the Saundaryalahari), are the underlying waves of energy that pulse beneath every seemingly irrelevant surface level interaction, thought & emotion we have on a daily basis, and that underly each particle and atom that make up the bulding blocks of our bodies and energy systems. Traditionally, tantra is understood as the science of energy management, or more specifically, the process of becoming more sensitized to the prana (lifeforce energy) that lives above, below, beside and within each and every living thing. With practice, we learn to sensitize to and access more of this innate impulse of intelligence & grace, ensuring that our actions, words and thoughts are aligned and infused with the Light of Srī - the beauty, resplendence and urge towards growth & learning that caused us to take form in these bodies in the first place.
The Training
This training is more than just a set of techniques and practices for you to pass on to students. It's an opportunity to become deeply acquainted with the ground of YOUR own being, from where you can develop an understanding of, observe and learn to process through the areas of personal work that might be keeping you stuck or stagnant on the path towards expansion.
One of the things we'll explore in this training is the cultivation of a relationship between you and your daily sadhana (practice); in all the ways that it can take form. How to begin seeing your practice as being in relationship with all the various parts of you that combine to create each and every fluctuating moment, as they change and arise, and with the fluctuating nature of Life as it unfolds. As with any relationship, this is one which requires tending to with understanding, grace, truth-seeking and consistent self-inquiry.
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We'll use asana, we'll use meditation, we'll use pranayama & mantra. But what we'll really do through all these things, is build a connection to the innate and steady ground of your being.
“Deep thought led me to nothingness,
That’s how I stilled my mercurial mind,
I lit fives fires of sacrifice
That’s why there is radiant light.”
-Rupi Bhavani
“To remember the otherworld in this world,
Is to remember your true inheritance”
-David Whyte
Some of the things you can expect:
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Explore the intersection between tantric philosophy and classical yoga philosophy
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Yoga sutra study
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Weaving subtle body awareness with asana, pranayama & meditation practice
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How to teach, practice and facilitate using the model of the Koshas
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Create and commit to daily sadhana (practice)
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​Basics of Sanskrit lecture and introduction to working with mantra
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Energetics of Asana, & weaving tantric philosophy into practice
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'The Three Rivers' - Introduction to Ayurveda lecture
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Ongoing discussions on how to weave these teachings into your practice, life and offerings
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Connect to a web of other humans also sharing and developing relationship to their own practice and ground of being
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Ongoing self-inquiry and opportunities to refine your own practice
This training will be theory & practice-oriented, with an emphasis on helping participants find a steady connection to and rhythm with self-practice in between live sessions (self-practice in between sessions will be required).
Morning sessions of the live weekends will consist of group practice & circle.
Afternoon sessions will expand on/explore yogic and tantric philosophy, yoga sutra, meditation and somatic enquiry, again with an emphasis on cultivating a relationship with the ever-present, unchanging force that lives beyond, behind and within all things - the ground of our being.
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This training might be for you if:
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If you're feeling 'stuck' in your practice
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If you feel your teaching lacks a foundational understanding or embodiment of yogic philosophy
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If you desire to feel a deeper connection to the 'why' of practicing & teaching yoga
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If you wish to use a basis of yogic wisdom as the backdrop for self-inquiry and inner 'work'
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If you desire to feel more supported and guided by a community of like-minded practitioners and by the greater forces of life
Modules
Module 1 - Introduction to Tantric Philosophy and Practice, Dinacharya (Ayurvedic Lifestyle) & Sadhana
Module 2 - Bandha, Breath & Developing Pranic Sensitivity
Module 3 - Energetics of Asana, Form vs Formlessness
Module 4 - Koshas & the Principles of Guiding Awareness & Meditation
Module 5 - Opening to Grace & the Ground of our Being
DATES & PRICING
The training will take place over 5 months, with one live weekend a month on zoom* where we'll gather from 9am-2.30pm Saturday and Sunday (with 30 mins break in between). There will be additional content and practices shared in-between live sessions.
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DATES for live sessions:
Module 1 - 23rd-24th November 2024
Module 2 - 14th-15th December 2024
Module 3 - 11-12th January 2025
Module 4 - 15th-16th February 2025
Module 5 - 15th-16th March 2025
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*I highly recommend committing to being present for as many of the live sessions as possible to ensure you get the most out of our time together. Recordings of all sessions will be available 24 hours after sessions occur, but you must attend at LEAST 3 out of 5 live weekends to receive certification.
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Sample schedule:
9-11.30am - Practice, check-ins/reflections, introduction of topic/teaching
11.30-12pm - BREAK
12.2.30pm - Sutra study/Group work/Mantra practice
Pricing & Payment Options
Full price of the training is €850, which includes a non-refundable deposit of €150.
This is payable in either 5 or 7 installments, depending on your needs (if none of the options below work for you, please reach out and we can arrange something together).
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Option 1: €150 non-refundable deposit, plus 5 x monthly installments of €140
Option 2: €150 non-refundable deposit, plus 7 x montlhy installments of €100
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To secure your spot, please download and return the application form below along with your €150 deposit (if not paying in full).
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If there are any queries regarding payment options please reach out via jennyniruiseil@gmail.com
Pay Deposit Only (€150)
(Choose Option 1 or 2 for installment payments on your application form)
Pay In Full (€850)
Please also download and fill in application form)
This training is registered as a continued education course for yoga teachers registered with Yoga Alliance. This means that if you have completed a 200 hour teacher training and are registered with Yoga Alliance, this course counts as an additional 50 hours training which you can add to your qualification on completion of this course.
If you are not a practicing yoga teacher, and just wish to take the course as a way to deepen your own practice and expand your facilitation skills in another discipline, this is also welcome.
